Colorado - home energy audit - January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013

Home Energy Audit

Understand and improve your home’s energy efficiency

Get a plan to increase your home’s efficiency with an in-home energy audit for our Colorado residential customers. An audit is the first step toward knowing how to best increase your home’s comfort and lower your energy bills. Pulling your homes usage for gas and electricity from My Account is a great place to start. My Account gives you an extensive look at how much energy you use on a monthly basis in your home. Once access is acquired, you can then use this information as a tool to assess if a Home Energy Audit would be feasible for your home. For guidance on how to gain access to your usage data as well as billing history through My Account, please refer to the guided instructional below.

• My Account Guided Instructional

Benefits

Get up to a $200 rebate on an in-home energy audit.

An energy audit helps you determine the right energy-saving improvements for your home, saving you money on worthwhile improvements.

Save money through rebates on the improvements. Save with a lower energy bill for years to come.

Standard Audit (60% savings up to $100 rebate)	Standard Audit with Blower Door (60% savings up to $160 rebate)	Infrared Audit (60% savings up to $200 rebate)
Get a comprehensive whole house inspection: Perform a comprehensive inspection of your home’s exterior, such as windows and doors Analyze insulation levels throughout the home Examine age, efficiency and general condition of your mechanical systems Perform a carbon monoxide test Perform a basic analysis of your utility bills	Includes everything with the Standard Audit, plus: Uses the blower door diagnostic tool to determine how much air your home loses each hour, through various air leaks. This air needs to be reheated or recooled, increasing your energy bills	Includes everything with the Blower Door Audit, plus: Infrared images provide you with a better idea of what’s happening behind your drywall and areas that can’t be seen Thermo images of the walls and ceilings View of temperature differences to see where insulation is present, missing or not working effectively Offer more tailored solutions to address air leaks, the elimination of ice dams and reduction of overall conditioned air loss and energy consumption

Eligibility

• To qualify for the Standard Audit and the Standard Audit with Blower Door, you must be a Colorado Xcel Energy natural gas and/or electric customer.
• To qualify for the Infrared Audit, you must be a Colorado Xcel Energy natural gas customer or an electric with space heating customer.
• Colorado Xcel Energy customers are eligible for a Home Energy Audit every three years.
• The Home Energy Audit program is designed for residential customers living in single-family dwellings not larger than a fourplex.
• The Standard Audit usually takes about two hours, and it is conducted at a time convenient for you. The Standard Audit with Blower Door test and Infrared require the auditor to spend a little more time at your home and can exceed two hours.
• Customers must use a participating audit contractor from the Xcel Energy Home Energy Audit preferred contractor list.
• Customers must complete a Home Energy Audit with a participating audit contractor, pay for the service, and receive the audit report prior to submitting a rebate application.
• Only Home Energy Audits completed and paid for between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are eligible for a rebate. Rebate applications must be postmarked by July 31, 2014.

How to Get Started

To schedule a Home Energy Audit, please choose an auditor from our list of participating audit contractors. For more details, please view the Benefits and Eligibility sections.

• Participating audit contractors
• http://www.xcelenergy.com/Save_Money_&_Energy/For_Your_Home/Energy_Audits/Home_Energy_Audit_-_CO